Not Only Padma Bhushan, Here¡¯s The Full List Of Awards Sudha Murty Has Been Honoured With

Sudha Murty is a name that needs no introduction. The 73-year-old former chairperson of Infosys Foundation is an author, educator, philanthropist and a recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan.

But that¡¯s not all. Besides being the recipient of India¡¯s third-highest civilian award the Padma Bhushan, Sudha Murty has received a long list of awards in her successful career. Let us bring to you the list of awards that Sudha Murty has received.

Full List Of Sudha Murty's Awards

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2004-Raja-Lakshmi Award by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation in Chennai

2006-R.K. Narayana's Award for Literature

2006-India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri

2010-Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award by Karnataka Government

2011-Murty was conferred honorary LL.D (Doctor of Laws)

2013-Basava Shree-Presented to Narayana Murthy & Sudha Murty

2018- Crossword Book award in popular (Non-Fiction) category

2019-IIT Kanpur awarded her Honorary Degree (Honoris Causa) of Doctor of Science

2023-India's third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan by the Government of India

2023-Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar

2023-The Global Indian Award

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Sudha Murty's Early Life & Career

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Born on 19th August 1950 in Shiggaon (Karnataka), Sudha Murty completed a BEng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the B.V.B. College of Engineering & Technology (now known as KLE Technological University), and then a MEng in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science.

She then began her career with Tata group's TELCO (Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company). At TELCO, she joined as a development engineer and became the first female engineer hired at the Tata group company. Sudha Murty worked at TELCO (now Tata Motors) from 1974-1982.

As far as her personal life is concerned, Sudha Murty is married to Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, and the couple have two children Akshata Murty and Rohan Murty. Akshata Murty is married to Rishi Sunak, who is currently the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK). Rohan Murty, on the other hand, founded his own software firm Soroco in the year 2014.

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